Meet the team
Meet the team behind Replanting the Birthing Trees
This project is led by
The six streams are led by
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Deb Bowman
Resource Repository lead, work stream 1
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Associate Professor Shawana Andrews
Supportive Framework lead, work stream 2
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Trish Ratajczak
Integrated Culturally Validated Assessment lead, work stream 3
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Associate Professor Caroline Atkinson
Workforce development resources to build capacity for safe skillful care lead, work stream 4
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Storm Henry
Culturally safe trauma-integrated continuity-of-care implementation toolkit, work stream 5
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Jacynta Krakouer
Supporting Aboriginal Families to Stay Together from the START (SAFeST START), work stream 6
Resource repository team
Lead: Deb Bowman, UoM
Supported by
- A/Prof Paul Campbell, RCH
- A/Prof Caroline Atkinson, We Al-li
- Lyndal Alchin, NACCHO
- Mishel McMahon, La Trobe University
- Jill Faulkner
Support framework team
Lead: A/Prof Shawana Andrews
Supported by
- Tyarne Davis Martin, VACCA
- Dr Kimberley Jones, UoM
- Dr Debra Singh, Western Australia Country Health Service
- Emily Darnett, UoM
Integrated culturally validated assessment team
Lead: Trish Ratajczak, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
Supported by
- Jayne Kotz, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
- Valerie AhChee, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
- A/Prof Tracy Reibel, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
- Prof Sally Kendall, University of Kent
- Dr Tess Bright, UoM
Workforce development resources to build capacity for safe skilful care team
Lead: A/Prof Caroline Atkinson, We Al-li Pty Ltd
Supported by
- Prof Judy Atkinson, We Al-li Pty Ltd
- Alison Elliott, We Al-li
- Danielle Cameron, University of Sydney
- Emerging Minds
Culturally safe trauma-integrated continuity-of-care implementation toolkit team
Lead: Storm Henry, VACCHO
Supported by
- Skye Stewart, Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
- Gina Bundle, The Royal Women’s Hospital
- Prof Susan Walker, UoM
- Prof Helen McLachlan, La Trobe University
- Prof Della Forster, The Royal Women’s Hospital
- Janinne Gliddon, Western Australia Country Health Service
- Phillipa Reppington, Western Australia Country Health Service
- Kate Reynolds, Western Australia Country Health Service
- Res McCalman
- Dr Maedeh Aboutalebi Karkavandi, UoM
- Jillian Donnelly, UoM
- Ellen McEvoy, UoM
Supporting Aboriginal families to stay together from the start (SAFeST START) team
Lead: Jacynta Krakouer
Supported by
- Dr Paul Gray, SNAICC – National Voice for our Children
- Anne-Marie Eades
- Debra Bowman
- Prof Helen Herrman, Orygen Youth Mental Health
- Prof Naomi Priest, Australian National University
- Dr Vanessa Russ, UoM
- Dave Carmody, VACCA
- Adrienne Lipscomb, VACCA
- Leah Johnson, Orygen Youth Mental Health
- Abigail Dent, VACCA
Implementation and Evaluation group
Lead: Prof Rhonda Marriot AM, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
Supported by
- Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO
- Prof Catherine Chamberlain, UoM
- Professor Jane Fisher, Monash University
- Prof Helen Skouteris, Monash University
- Prof Naomi Priest, ANU
- Dr Julie Andrews, La Trobe University
- Prof Leonie Segal, University of South Australia
- Dr Kristen Smith, UoM
- Dr Roz Walker, Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity
- Dr Elise Davis, UoM
- Dr Tess Bright, UoM
- Dr Maedeh Aboutalebi Karkavandi, UoM
- Jillian Donnelly, UoM
- Dr Pravina Shagar, UoM
Governance
This project is governed by Community-Controlled peak body representatives.
Coordinator: Lyndal Alchin, NACCHO
- Aunty Doseena Fergie (Chair)
- Lowitja Institute
- Dr Janine Mohamed, Lowitja Institute
- National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
- Healing Foundation
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
- Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO)
- Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander investigators are indicated with Bold text